Mercedes

Nov 15, 1993

1h 45m

★ 4.1

Overview

Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer, before she can kill his half-brother.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)

Paris Classics Productions

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Cast

Nubi

Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

Gamal

Magdy Kamel

Warda / Afifa

Yousra

Mohamed Taher

Seif Abdelrahman

Ashraf

Bassem Samra

Rawheya

Abla Kamel

Raifa

Menha Batraoui

Warda's Mother

Tahiya Cariocca

Black Diplomat

Talaat Zein

Mona Zakaria

Ahmed Kamal

Salwa Mohamed Ali

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